Notes

More ridiculous censorship.

Web site name registrar Network Solutions is blocking access to a site owned by a controversial Dutch politician known for his confrontational views about Islam and Muslim immigrants.

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The site in question is fitnathemovie.com, which is registered by Dutch Party for Freedom leader Geert Wilders. Wilders has said that he planned to post a short film on the site designed to rally support for banning the Koran in Holland. Wilders has said that Islam’s holy scripture urges followers to commit violent acts.

So Islamic militants threaten to destroy us all if we don’t convert to their religion and we’re just going to roll over and censor ourselves to appease them? These are the people who resort to murder over cartoons, but we still refer to their “scripture” as “holy”?

Banning the Koran or any other book would only be an act of foolish ignorance. Restricting the ability to call for banning a book, however, is destructive of basic rights, absolute idiocy, and far worse than actually banning the book. Destroy the freedom to engage in controversial speech, even of the foolish or ignorant flavor, and you destroy all the rest of our freedoms, too.

Wilders is a fool to call for banning a book (but at least he isn’t calling for a holy war). Network Solutions is a bigger fool for refusing to allow that call. Muslims who do the things that spur people like Wilders to urge the banning of a book are the biggest fools of all. Fools all around.

What happened to people like Thomas Jefferson?

Question with boldness even the existence of a God; because, if there be one, he must more approve of the homage of reason, than that of blind-folded fear.

If it’s blind-folded fear you want, then plenty of militant Muslims and their handmaidens at Network Solutions look ready to provide.